Reading Time: 5 minutesThe latest picture on child poverty The Scottish Government’s latest poverty statistics show that – on the most commonly used measure of poverty – child
Category: Economy & Finance
The (budgetary) times they are a changin’: 20 years of devolved budgets
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is considered the cornerstone of the EU’s efforts to fight climate change and is a key mechanism
The EU Emissions Trading System
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction While the Earth’s climate has been through many cycles of warming and cooling, the current rate of surface temperature rise is unprecedented. The overwhelming
Budget 2019-20 – final allocations to local authorities
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s an exciting time of year – the final funding allocations for local government in 2019-20 have been published! We wrote in a recent blog
Scottish Budget 2019-20: what’s changed?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt seems a long time since the Scottish Government set out its tax and spend proposals for 2019-20 back on 12 December 2018. Tax rates
Just give us 12 months… comparing local government funding settlements over time
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt this time of year, once provisional figures for the coming year’s Budget have been made available, SPICe is often asked to set out how
Budget Bill Stage 1 – an “unexpected” Barnett bonus
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter last week’s debate on the Committees’ pre-Budget reports, the Parliament has now commenced formal consideration of the Budget Bill. The Parliament debated and voted
Trends in Scottish exports – what, where and how much?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe latest export statistics for Scotland were published yesterday, 30 January 2019. This blog examines these figures in relation to the Scottish Government’s exports target,
Estimating the additional cost to Scotland of parcel delivery surcharges
Reading Time: 3 minutesSPICe last year estimated the additional cost to Scotland of parcel delivery surcharges relative to the rest of the UK. This was £36.3 million and